Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hooppole, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Hooppole who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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